FILO Podcast

On this episode, we get to talk to the MxU guys! Jeff Sandstrom, Lee Fields, and Andrew Stone talk about how MxU came about and we look ahead to all the ways they are investing in the local church technical arts community through MxU Live, MxU Coaching, and MxU Live.

Production in the local church lives in the tension between developing people & excellence. Our ministries run on the expertise and dedication of volunteers. Creating services with excellence requires a level of consistency that can make leveraging volunteers difficult. Is there a way to develop new people without having to sacrifice quality? In this episode of the FILO Podcast, Todd sits down with Jeff Boriss, the Creative Arts Champion at Community Christian Church, to talk about how he balances out these sometimes competing values.

Balancing work with the rest of your life can sometimes feel impossible. In this episode, Todd sits down with Matt and Aubrey Wentz. Matt works on the systems team at Willow Creek and Aubrey is the executive producer for the Willow Creek Crystal Lake Campus (you also might know her as the co-host from the FILO Conferences). Needless to say, they live busy lives, so we talked about strategies that they have developed to get the most out of their work lives as well as their home lives with 2 small daughters.

If lighting is done well, it helps to enhance a service. If it isn't, then chances are it is distracting people from worshiping. Todd talks with Alex Fuller the lighting designer from Bethel Church on how they go about programming lighting so it’s not distracting and invites people into an experience with God rather than just being a show.

FILO 2018 main session speaker Chris Brown, along with Dennis Choy, have a conversation about how senior pastors and technical directors can well work together. Kaleb Wilcox and Aubrey Wentz guest host the FILO Podcast that was recorded in front of a live audience at FILO 2018.

The FILO Podcast went live this week! We took some time at FILO2018 to talk to people about their experience at the conference. Guest hosts Aubrey Wentz and Kaleb Wilcox talk with FILO attendees on the Amplio Lounge stage about their favorite things. Learn more about Amplio on their website. Learn more about SPG on their website.

Nate Parker, Technical Producer for the FILO2018 main sessions joins Todd to talk about FILO prep why he loves serving the FILO community.

Todd talks with Rusty Anderson from Passion City Church about live video and making sure that it is not distracting but instead invites people into an experience with God, rather than a show.We are grateful for Haivision's support of this episode. Learn more by visiting their website.

Kaleb Wilcox, the executive producer for the weekend service at Willow Creek's North Shore campus talks with Todd about their relatively new building project and the challenges that went along with it.

Easter is coming up pretty quick. For most of us, it is the event that tends to sneak up on you if you aren't careful! In this episode, Todd talks with Chris Thomas, the Technical Arts Director at Cherry Hills Church about how they have been preparing for Easter this year. There are some great leadership lessons in this one! (and some random thoughts on Easter candy)